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Quotes About Coordination

One small but scientifically sound study from Japan found that jogging thirty minutes just two or three times a week for twelve weeks improved executive function. But it's important to mix in some form of activity that demands coordination beyond putting one foot in front of the other.... Aerobic exercise and complex activity have different beneficial effects on the brain. The good news is they're complementary.
~ John J. Ratey
This is because even the simplest of motions—a flick of a finger or a turn of the hand to pick up a pencil—is maddeningly complex and requires coordination and computational power beyond electronic abilities. For this you need a brain. One of our favorite quotes on this matter comes from the neuroscientist Rodolfo Llinás: "That which we call thinking is the evolutionary internalization of movement.
~ John J. Ratey
Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.
~ John Madden
We don't break setups, or light a fire. We just point out to the foreman of that work center which job we would prefer he gets to next.
~ Eliyahu M. Goldratt
How do they know what to do?" Mary Frances said. "To just rip into a building like that and expect it to stay standing." "For the parts you want to stay standing," Tim said. "Exactly." "Practice," Al said. "And of course, one of them is in charge." Mary Frances studied the tangle of men, all dressed alike, movingly easily together. "I can't tell them apart." "Well, it's like war, I guess," Al said. "If you knew whom to blame, it'd be too easy to shoot him.
~ Ashley Warlick
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
~ Babe Ruth
Playing quarterback you have to have quick reactions. You've got to be able to know pretty much everything that's going on on the field, lateral quickness, lateral movements in the pocket.
~ Kevin Knox
When there's something we weren't prepared for on the football field, you have to be able to use your mind, be creative, communicate, get lined up and get ready to do the play, get ready to execute.
~ Myron Rolle
With my own cartoon, it was just me being goofy by myself, but when it comes to an animated film, you're working with 45 animators and assistant animators. It's a whole different ballgame.
~ Gary Larson
I think in the wake of the domination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everyone is now looking for a grand plan.
~ Kenneth Branagh
When you win a Grand Prix, it's the culmination of everything coming together. Not just trackside, but behind the scenes.
~ Christian Horner
I think my gymnastic background helped a great deal with my agility when I took up football seriously.
~ Marco van Basten
We need to be aware of what we need to do at every moment... and we have to manage the game; that's the art of a great team.
~ Jupp Heynckes
I can't really grip the ball with my left hand.
~ Frank Gore
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
~ Ben Horowitz
Just hearing somebody's voice in center field, it helps our guards out to know where they need to go, when the screen is coming, when the back door is coming, when the flare is coming. When different things like that happen and we're talking, it helps us all out in the long run.
~ Andre Drummond
I just love playing with point guards with high Iqs.
~ Zion Williamson
It's hard to guard when you have two point guards on the floor because you don't know who to pick up.
~ Patty Mills
A big part of that quarterback-receiver relationship is communication. You've got to be on the same page because if you're not, it just doesn't work. Then you're kind of guessing.
~ Chris Hogan
We did not have anyone like a manager, who could guide us and make it happen.
~ Steve Brown
A conductor should guide rather than command.
~ Riccardo Muti
I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.
~ Kate Voegele
In all likelihood, the only thing extraordinary about Tiger Woods was his golf: he had extraordinary coordination and extraordinary discipline - on the course, at any rate. That discipline was the source of his power.
~ Sarah Churchwell
There's footage of me bouncing around, all uncoordinated, trying to work out how on earth you're supposed to do a rising trot on a really extravagant moving eventing horse.
~ Victoria Pendleton